verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of desire archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

   "No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better."

Synonyms

All synonyms

hopedriveneedpleasewannawant-to

Example

More examples

"No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better."

Etymology

desire + -eth

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.